XM 655 hanger ?

[Ray C]

looking @ the pictures of 655 tel's me she's loved & a credit to her volenteers/owners, what a difference to 603 when I looked at her from the perimeter fence yesterday, ok she will not get "cut up & crushed" but after the clean up & paint job I suspect that's it ! she will be outside at the mercy of Manchester weather .

Have the 655 group looked into a hanger facility ? what would you be looking at £300-400 grand a lot yes but a fund
raising campaign could get the ball rolling, I bet the team and plane would appreciate being undercover.

I look forward to seeing her this June when I trundle down for the day in my old car.
buy the way what does it cost to fill a Vulcan these days ?

[Sooty655]

A hangar would be nice, but apart from the massive cost there are also issues with planning permission and suchlike obstacles. Also, if 655 was in a hangar, we would lose all the visitors who spot the plane as they drive past the airfield and drop in to see us. Losing those visitors would lose us a lot of our income.

I hate to think what it would take to "fill up" a Vulcan these days. We put in our Spring "top-up" about ten days ago to take us from the weight-forward winter configuration up to a level to go into our summer activities, and the fuel bill was over £3000 (and that is after the very good discount we get from our airfield supplier).

[Ray C]

il'e let you drive my 1968 MGC roadster for a climb in 655 cabin in June ?

[Sooty655]

Also, if 655 was in a hangar, we would lose all the visitors who spot the plane as they drive past the airfield and drop in to see us. Losing those visitors would lose us a lot of our income.

err.. not really.. think about the folks you lose not seeing the vulcan in terrible weather whereas if she was in a hangar, plenty of signage advertising and having her poking out of said hangar would be enough.. Would really cut down on weather related issues and give a covered place for the visitors to come and see her and have a cuppa in a naffi all funding going towards her upkeep.

[Ramshornvortex]

what does it cost to fill a Vulcan these days ?

About £40,000 based on Jet A-1 at commercial rates (slightly different for AVTUR at military rates)....

think about the folks you lose not seeing the vulcan in terrible weather whereas if she was in a hangar, plenty of signage advertising and having her poking out of said hangar would be enough.. Would really cut down on weather related issues and give a covered place for the visitors to come and see her and have a cuppa in a naffi all funding going towards her upkeep.

Our weather in Warwickshire is very kind to us and the aircraft - we don't have Canadian winters! What we do have is a very large magnesium alloy shelter to work under. Our volunteers love it and so do our visitors. I can only think of two Saturdays in the last seven years where bad weather stopped play!

As Sooty says a hangar isn't going to happen for many reasons - and we're more than happy with that.

We don't need a 'NAAFI' either when we have the famous Touchdown Cafe at the other end of the airfield.....

And Ray - you'll be welcome to visit the cockpit for a cash donation on any Saturday, but not unfortunately on 16/17 June....

[Bovril]

another problem is where a hanger would have to be.. access would be more difficult for visitors.. a hangar cannot go where we are now..

[Ramshornvortex]

another problem is where a hanger would have to be.. access would be more difficult for visitors.. a hangar cannot go where we are now..

But of course a 'hanger' (sic) is only any good for your clothes Bovril......

[Bovril]

another problem is where a hanger would have to be.. access would be more difficult for visitors.. a hangar cannot go where we are now..

But of course a 'hanger' (sic) is only any good for your clothes Bovril......